Foreign sales agents search for star power At the Hollywood majors, there is a small coterie of actors who can guarantee that a film will be made. But in the world of foreign sales, there is a parallel universe, with a different group of actors who are considered bankable, even if they've only had a few film credits -- as long as those few films were successful enough to give them recognition around the globe. As available money for movies gets squeezed, indie producers need to find "bankable" names who don't command movie star prices. But foreign sales agents like Summit Intl. ("Twilight"), 2929 Entertainment ("Two Lovers") and France's Wild Bunch ("Southland Tales") can't raise financing without casting actors with international appeal. It used to be that you had to have a track record to be a bankable star, not only in the...
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